This second part will be like an epilogue.


"Hi, Daddy!" Destinee said, waving at Renee's phone.

Dean was FaceTime with Destinee while he was settling down in his motel room.

"'Ello, princess," Dean said. "How are you?"

"I'm good! How are you, Daddy?"

"I'm doing fine. Miss you, Mommy, D.J., Blue, and Mitch."

"Darn that plant!" Renee said from the bathroom.

"You tell your mother to stop being direspectful to Mitch!"

"Mommy, Daddy said to stop being disrepectful to Mitch!"

"Whatever!"

"Mommy likes to hurt Mitch's feelings, right Daddy?"

"Yup! How was school today?"

"It was fun. I'm reading more books and today I learned how to spell ten new words!"

"That's great to hear! I'm so proud of you, Destinee. Daddy really is."

"When will you be back?"

"Next week."

"Why can't you come home now?"

"Daddy has to finish working here, honey. I want to come home but I have to work. I'll be back before you know it."

"I don't like it when you have to leave."

"I'll be home soon. I promise."

"Okay."

Dean's heart broke a little when he heard the sadness in Destinee's voice and saw her sad expression.

"Hey, it'll be alright. Okay?"

"Okay. I'll see you soon."

Renee sat next to Destinee and kissed her forehead.

"She's been asking about you everyday, asking when you'll be back home and what time so she can be ready. Even told me she'd stay home from school if it's the day you'll be back."

"I'll be home soon. Don't you worry."

"I won't. Goodnight, Daddy. I have to go take a bath now."

"Alright. Goodnight and sweet dreams."

Destinee and Dean blew kisses to each other and Dean told Destinee not to worry because he'd be home soon.

"When your finished, I'm going to tuck you in," Renee said to Destinee.

"Okay!" Destinee closed the door behind her as she went to the bathroom.

"Whatcha eating on?" Renee asked Dean.

"PB and J sandwich," he said.

"I wish I could see you eating a homecooked meal right now."

"I will. As soon as I come back home tomorrow."

Renee raised an eyebrow at Dean.

"I thought you said you were coming back next week."

"Tomorrow. Only said next week to Destinee because I'm really going to come back tomorrow and surprise her by picking her up early from school tomorrow."

"You are one amazing father, you know that?"

"I know. I'll be flying from San Fran so I'll come home while Destinee is in school."

"Good idea."

"What's little man doing?"

"Oh, just lying here." Renee turned the camera view which allowed Dean to see D.J. lying on his blanket.

"Oh, there he is!" Dean said.

Renee then turned the camera view back to her then turned the phone towards D.J. He immediately started waving his hands and feet him excitement.

"Dadaaaa!" the baby said.

"Hiii!"

"Who is that...is that Daddy? Hmm? Will probably forget something in his motel room tomorrow when he comes home?"

"You know what?"

"I know it's true!"

"If only I could jump through this phone!"

"And I would kick you in the nose again, too!"


Destinee was reading her book when her teacher came over and leaned next to her.

"Destinee, someone's here to pick you up. You're going home early."

Destinee put her bookmark in her book, closed it, and put it in her backpack along with some of her pencils and colored pencils. She put her backpack on, said goodbye to her classmates and teacher, and left. She walked into the principal's office expecting to see her mother but was both surprised and delighted when she saw who was there to pick her up.

"Daddy!" she ran into Dean's arms and hugged his neck tight as he picked her up and hugged her right back.

"Told you I'd come back soon!" Dean said. He walked out of the principal's office still holding Destinee in his arms.

"You said next week you'd be home!"

"Well, I didn't want to tell you the surprise and this the surprise. Me picking you up from school and taking you to get some ice cream!"

"Yay!"

They headed to an ice cream parlor and shared a huge banana split with each other. Destinee read her book to Dean and he was delighted that she loved to read a lot. She ate and read at the same time, flipping through the pages and showing Dean who her favorite characters were in the book. Dean didn't want to leave until Destinee finished every single page in the book. When she did, he told her that he was proud of her and that he wanted to hear her read him another story soon.

At home, Dean, Renee, and Destinee made popcorn and enjoyed a family movie. When it got late, Dean had fallen asleep on the couch with Destinee in his lap. They both had their heads tilted back with their mouth wide open. Renee snapped a photo of them then woke them up so that they could go to bed. Destinee ended up sleeping with her parents since she was happy Dean was back home and didn't want to sleep in her room tonight. She snuggled up under her father and fell asleep, gently punching her Dean in his chin as they slept when she stretched out.


"Are you leaving again?" Destinee asked Dean.

"Nope. I'm staying right here," Dean said.

"Yay!"

"Oh, I have something to show you." Dean and Destinee got up from the breakfast table and went to the garage. "Oh, close your eyes! And no peeking!"

Destinee closed her eyes and listened as Dean yanked a cover off of something he had built for her.

"Okay, open your eyes!"

Destinee opened her eyes and immediately started jumping up and down. Dean had redesigned her bike by putting her name on the sides in the color white and repainting it to the color green since it was her favorite color. He had also put a basket in the front of the steering wheel of it so that she could put anything inside of it while riding.

"I love it, Daddy! Mommy, come here and see what Daddy did!" Destinee said.

Renee walked into the garage with D.J. following right behind her.

"My goodness! I love it!" she said. "Wanna ride it?"

"Yes!"

Renee pressed the button to open the garage door so Destinee could ride her bike. Destinee quickly put her helmet on, hopped on her bike, and sped out of the garage. Dean and Renee both smiled as they saw Destinee riding her bike in circles on the road. D.J. walked over to his father and stuck his arms out towards him.

"Dada..." he said.

Dean picked up D.J. and gave him a big kiss on both of his cheeks.

"I have a surprise for you, too," Dean said. He took a cover off of a box from Build A Bear and showed it to D.J. "I made you a teddy bear. Your sister has one two but I'm hiding it from her until later hehe." Dean pressed the button on the hand of the teddy bear which caused it to laugh and giggle and say "I love you".

D.J. laughed and said "Love you" back to the teddy bear then smiled up at Dean.

"Love you..." the baby said.

"I love you, too," Dean said.

"Aww, that's so sweet," Renee said. "No wonder I kept hearing noises last night."

"Yeah, I bumped my toe when I went through the door."

"Figured!"

"Whatever, woman."

"Yeah yeah yeah, whatever woman my foot. There's something I need to tell you."

"Yeah?"

"You know how I've been talking about doing hair, makeup, nails and stuff and how I would love to do it for a living?"

"You want to go to beauty school, huh?"

"Yes."

"And this is what you really want, huh?"

"Yes."

"I want to be your first client."

"Oh, you do huh?"

"Yup."

"I'll see if I can fit you in my schedule, Mr. Ambrose."

"Why thank you. But on a serious note, go for it. Go to beauty school. I want you to succeed in everything you do. I know you can do it as long as you put your mind to it. I believe in you, Renee. I truly do and I mean that from the bottom of my heart."

Renee tried to fight back tears but couldn't. She hugged Dean and looked up at him as he wiped away a tear from side of her face that ran down her soft cheeks.

"I love you very much. You know that?" Renee said.

"I know that. And I love you very much too and I know that you know that. Anything you need, I'll get it for you. Don't be afraid to ask. Alright?"

"Alright."

"Good. I'm very proud of you, Renee. I really am."

"Thank you so much for the support, Dean. Thank you!"